Words in english starting with N

• nigerian — Noun – English ～ a native or inhabitant of Nigeria
• Nigerian capital — Noun – English ～ capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
• Nigerian — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to the people of Nigeria; "a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year"
• Nigerian — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to Nigeria; "the Nigerian capital used to be Lagos"
• nigerien — Noun – English ～ a native or inhabitant of Niger
• Nigerien — Adjective – English ～ of or relating to the people of Nigeria; "a Nigerian novelist won the Nobel Prize for literature this year"
• niggard — Noun – English ～ a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
• niggardliness — Noun – English ～ extreme stinginess
• niggardly — Adjective – English ～ petty or reluctant in giving or spending; "a niggardly tip"
• niggardness — Noun – English ～ extreme stinginess
• niggle — Verb – English ～ worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much over the grandchildren--they are quite big now"
• niggle — Verb – English ～ argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
• niggler — Noun – English ～ someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way
• niggling — Adjective – English ～ (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
• nigh — Adjective – English ～ being on the left side; "the near or nigh horse is the one on the left"; "the animal's left side is its near or nigh side"
• nigh — Adjective – English ～ not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances; "near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she was close to tears"; "had a close call"
• nigh — Adverb – English ～ (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees"
• nigh — Adverb – English ～ near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation"; "her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the fire"
• nigher — Adverb – English ～ (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance; "come closer, my dear!"; "they drew nearer"; "getting nearer to the true explanation"
• nighest — Adverb – English ～ (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance; "that was the time he came nearest to death"

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